Faucet.



E. PETERSON.

FAUGET.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.12,1907.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

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ERIC PETERSON, 6F NEWBURGH, NEW YORK.

FAUCET.

Application filed December 12, 1907.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 4558, 185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Euro PETERSON, a citiand useful improvements in Faucets, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrlptlon, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which 1t appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to faucets or COCKS and the like.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a simple and practical device of the above nature.

Another object is to provide a positively acting device of the above type in which the valve is urged toward its seat by the pressure of the fluid supply.

Another object is to provide a device of the type first mentioned in which the valve is evenly seated and held with a uniform pressure against its seat.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the ap plication of which will be indicated in the following claims.

The accompanying drawing is a sectional elevation of one of various possible embodiments of this invention.

In order to render certain features of this invention more readily and fully understood, it may here be noted that in valves which are held against their seats by hydraulic pressure and unseated by mechanical means, there is a tendency of the latter means to interfere with the exact and uniform seating of the valve by pressure. It may also be noted that if guiding means be employed to insure the etficient action of valves of this general nature, there is a likelihood of the valve binding with respect to the guide unless the unseating force be applied in precisely the desired direction. The elimination of these defects without the use of complicated and expensive mechanism is among the dominant. aims of this invention.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing, there is shown a supply conduit 1 passing through a wall 2 and having tapped therein a fitting 3 provided With a suitable form.

collar or skirt l. Upon the outer end of this fitting is threaded a casting 5 provided with a discharge conduit 6 of any desired Integral with the fitting 4 is a casing 7 having a pressure port 8 and lateral discharge ports 9. A valve 10 is slidably mounted in this casing and provided with a gasket 11 co-acting with the valve seat. 12 formed upon the fitting 5. Valve 10 is provided with a projecting portion 13 adapted to precede the valve in its movement toward its seat and to enter and substantially fit the discharge opening 14, as shown in the drawing. 'lhreaded within the casting 5, as at 15, is a spindle 16 having a handle or grip of any desired form and provided at its inner end with a ball 17 adapted to coact with a suitable socket 18 within the projection 13. Upon the outer end of the casting 5 is secured a suitable stu'tling box or gland 19 adapted to fit the spindle l6 and prevent leakage along the same.

The operation of the above described embodiment of this invention is substantially as follows. W ith the parts in the normal closed condition shown, the ball 1'7 is spaced from its co-acting socket and thus does not interfere in any manner with the action of the pressure from the source of supply in seating the valve. Vhen it is desired to open the faucet the spindle 16 is turned, as by the handle, and the ball 17 forced within the socket 1S, and upon further movement the valve thrown inwardly against the pressure of the supply, as to the position indicated in dotted lines. Water is then discharged through the lateral ports 9, the opening let and discharge spout or conduit 6. lVhen it is desired to close the valve, the spindle 16 is retracted to its outermost po sition as indicated in the drawing, and the preponderance of pressure upon the rear surface of the valve, which is of an intensity substantially equal to that within the conduit at the port 8, forces the valve into closed condition. As the valve approaches its seat the portion 13 enters the discharge opening 1a and cuts off the discharge prior to the seating of the gasket, thus preventing any tendency to hammer or chatter as the valve is driven home.

By reason of the direct straight line move ment of spindle l6 and its penetrating connection by the ball and socket joint with the valve, there is no tendency of the latter to be rocked or jammed as it is unseated even though it be closely guided by the casing 7. It is also to be noted that the action of the valve is positive and independent of its position as contradistinguished from certain unreliable and inefficient cocks dependent upon the action of a float valve. The valve, moreover, is constantly exposed to a resultant pressure tending to drive the same to its seat, and is guided throughout its entire travel in such manner as to do away with any tendency to stray from the desired path. It will thus be seen that there is provided a construction in which the objects of this invention are achieved and in which many advantages are present. The device is of few and inexpensive parts and its action reliable and efficient to a high degree. 1

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all ofv the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a device of the class described, in combination, a supply conduit, a fitting secured thereto and having formed thereon a casing, a member secured to said fitting and provided with a valve seat and a discharge conduit, a valve within said casing and guided thereby throughout its entire path of travel and adapted to co-act with said valve seat, said casing being open at its rear or inner end to expose said valve in all positions to the pressure from said supply conduit and being provided with lateral dis charge ports adapted to permit fluid to discharge from said supply conduit through said valve seat and said discharge conduit, and a spindle mounted within said member free from positive connection with said valve and adapted upon being forced inwardly to force said valve from its seat.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a supply conduit, a fitting secured thereto and having formed thereon a casing, a member secured to said fitting and provided with a valve seat and a discharge conduit, a valve within said casing and guided thereby throughout its entire path of travel and adapted to co-act with said valve seat, said casing being open at its rear or inner end to expose said valve in all positions to the pressure from said supply conduit and being provided with lateral discharge ports adapted to permit fluid to discharge from said supply conduit through said valve seat and said discharge conduit, and a spindle mounted within said member free from positive connection with said valve and adapted upon being forced inwardly to force said valve from its seat, said valve being provided with a portion adapted to substantially fit the opening through said valve seat and adapted to enter said opening as said valve approaches its seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ERIC PETERSON. Witnesses:

FRED NEAL, MARGARET CRAIG. 

